The Hubris Review By William Ramp “Stallings makes a claim that has grown on me though it is necessarily figurative rather than physical. She depicts, with much documentation from the poetry of Cavafy forward, that…

The Hubris Review By William Ramp “She has got me thinking of something else: the idea of the Sovereign Individual, self-governing, self-propertied, autonomous; steered by a State of Self toward whatever destiny, fame,…

The Hubris Review By William Ramp “What do you do when you realize that many of the things you love most deeply are the products of harm? What do you do when things…

“Perhaps, there’s a need to revisit another category of heroism: virtuous action and extraordinary bravery that arises out of something other than adherence to a personal code or ruined chivalric hierarchy, or to…

“So, what I said yesterday wasn’t a suicide threat or plea for help, but a truthful if exhausted expression of the contradictory reality I live and that is me, and of its consequences.…

“These evocative images only sharpen a set of questions of which their photographers seemed oblivious. If the medic was sensitive enough to capture the soul of an elderly fisherman, how could he not see in…

“I called, ‘Perky! Perky, come here!’ There was instant silence, and then, a second later, the dogs broke and scattered as if driven by some devil wind. All except one, who came trotting…

“What parts of your day offer you the possibility of a tiny hiatus; unused time to pull over, stop, look around? In your ecumene, where do things past drift past use and awareness…

“I am known for walking with my eyes to the ground. This may be taken by some as evidence of my melancholy character. To my Edwardian great-aunts, it would have been evidence of…

“Even in these early pastorals, ghosts threaten quietude. Storm clouds loom; wind tosses trees; a farmer looks anxiously at the sky; a horse and cart are rendered by trick of perspective tiny and…